Or perhaps I was off.
$15k was the standard bass clarinet pricing (the model series
I currently play)

I did go with the budget version.
The rosewood Selmer I really want is closer to $15k.

Well, you have to hit the goal before you can get in the goal.
Hitting post is a much better result than bouncing it off the wall 5 feet to the side of the net. It also means it got past the goalie.
I don’t hate it.
I like goals better, but those goal post dings have a music all their own.

Then are we really even trying (to rile them up)?
:D

Any different than their steady state normal?

It’s cheaper just to bribe the politicians directly than it is to pay protesters.

Of course. Look at how profitable this is looking to be for her.

I seem to recall the lack of US participation in the League of Nations and their inability to be effective as being much of the lead up to WW2.
Much like the US currently mirroring 1930’s Germany, the current state of the UN seems very reminiscent of that era.
Almost like history repeating itself.

I figure at some point either the major comedians will create their own streaming/subscription enterprise (likely), or contract with a foreign media entity (plausible). Either way, streaming into our lives once current contracts legally close up.